In a lively and often humorous exchange, the Leadership Forum explored the cultural importance of the visual arts. The Forum speakers urged African Americans to play a greater role as art collectors, as audiences for museum shows, as advocates and as academicians.

Young spoke of the National Black Arts Festival, the 1% for the arts, the art collection at the Atlanta Airport as some of the ways the city has promoted the visual arts. Radcliffe Bailey spoke of the significance of being honored with a show in his own hometown.